DEATH ANGEL: New West Coast Dates Announced
November 19, 2009San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL have scheduled the following West Coast dates in December:
Dec. 17 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
Dec. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
Dec. 19 - Santa Rosa, CA - The Last Day Saloon
DEATH ANGEL's longtime drummer and original member Andrew Galeon left the band in April. Will Carroll, formerly of SCARECROW, OLD GRANDAD and VICIOUS RUMORS handled the drum duties for the Summer Madness Tour in Europe with KATAKLYSM and KEEP OF KALESSIN.
Regarding Galeon's departure from DEATH ANGEL, singer Mark Osegueda told Contraband Candy, "[Touring] was always hard on Andy. And when he started having children, it got a bit more difficult. And by the [time he had his] second [kid], you could just see he wasn't happy on the road. Amazing drummer, but just not happy on the road; the road's not for everyone. It's easier when you're 18 to 22, and it's much more difficult when you have children and you're trying to pay mortgages and what-not. Unfortunately, he had hit his wall, and then we got Will Carroll, who's been part of the San Francisco metal scene for years. And we just got him to start filling in, and it's been going great. He brings a great thrash element to the band; it's kind of kicked it up a notch. It's been incredible. And the energy we have on stage now, it's just kind of undeniable."
Quality video footage of DEATH ANGEL's performance at this year's installment of the Masters Of Rock festival — which was held July 9-12, 2009 in Vizovice, Czech Republic — can be viewed below (courtesy of "GOBLLIN").
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